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Told they don’t have the “right paperwork”
Lawmakers say that BP has only paid out 12 percent of claims filed by businesses and workers who have lost their way of life from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
At the BP claims center in Mobile, Alabama, workers were turned away for not having the correct paperwork which included bank statements, deposit slips and tax returns. One deckhand hasn’t received a check more than a month after he filed for relief and lost the family car; his wife must walk to work. A fishing captain who received $5,000 said that doesn’t come close to recouping the $40,000-plus loss in business.
Kenneth Feinberg was appointed this week by President Obama as a “pay czar” for the $20 billion escrow account and promised that claims would be processed much faster. He encouraged all those who have lost their livelihoods to file claims and promised to get people paid in “a matter of days.”
BP’s average payment has been $3,000.
Source: ABC News
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